English Listening Practice: Improve your vocabulary!

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Hello.
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My name is Emma, and today we
have a great lesson plan for you.
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In today's lesson we are
going to practice listening.
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Okay?
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We're going to practice listening, and we're
also going to learn some new words, we're
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going to learn about shapes,
as well as prepositions.
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Okay?
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So, in this video you will also get to do a
listening activity and I'll explain a little
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bit about that in a moment.
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So first we are going to learn shapes, and
these are some examples of shapes, then we
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are going to learn
about prepositions.
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You might be wondering:
"What is a preposition?"
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Well, a preposition is a short
word like: "on", "above", "below".
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And after that we're going to do a listening
activity where you're going to listen to me
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describe shapes
and prepositions.
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For the listening activity
you will need two things:
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A piece of paper and
a pencil or a pen.
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This is an active video so you will
actually be doing something while watching.
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Okay, so let's get
started on shapes.
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So I have here some major
shapes in English.
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We have a triangle, we have a circle,
square, a heart, and this one is a star.
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In our listening activity
later, you will be drawing
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a triangle, a circle, a
square, a heart, and a star.
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Okay?
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So these are the words we'll
be using in this video.
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We will also be using
some prepositions.
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So a preposition is a short word that shows
the relationship between two things.
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So that's confusing
to a lot of students.
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An easier way I like to think
about prepositions is they can...
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They can describe
where something is.
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Okay? So they often answer
the question of: Where?
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So, for example, I have here our triangle
and our circle, and I have the preposition
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"on".
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So if we look at this, I could say:
"There is a triangle on a circle."
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So: "There is a
triangle on a circle."
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So we will be using the preposition
"on" later in our listening activity.
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We also have "inside".
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"There is a triangle
inside a circle."
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Another preposition
is "outside".
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We can say: "There is a
triangle outside the circle."
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So, here, the triangle is inside,
whereas here the triangle is outside.
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So these are very common prepositions we
use when describing where something is.
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Okay, we also have "above".
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So, "above" is a little
bit different than "on".
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If you notice the circle, the triangle is on
the circle, meaning it's touching, whereas
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when we're looking at "above" it can be
touching, but it can also be just above.
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So it can touch or it
can also just be above.
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So, for example, we have a
triangle above a circle.
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Okay, now we have "below" and "under", two
more common prepositions which we usually
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use in the same way.
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So we have here the circle.
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We can say: "There is a circle".
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Or actually we can say: "There
is a triangle below the circle."
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Or: "There is a triangle
under the circle."
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Okay?
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And now we have "to the right".
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We can say: "There is a triangle
to the right of the circle."
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So notice how they're beside?
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This side is to the right, whereas
this side is to the left.
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So if we look at the triangle, the triangle
is beside the circle and it's also to the
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right of the circle.
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Now, compare this
to "to the left".
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We have a triangle and a
circle, and we can say:
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"The triangle now is to
the left of the circle."
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Okay? So these two are opposites:
"to the right" and "to the left".
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So these pictures help you understand these
prepositions, which answer the question of:
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Where?
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So, again, we have: "on", "inside",
"outside", "above", "below/under",
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"to the right", and
"to the left".
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Okay, now, for the listening activity we are
about to do, there are three more expressions
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that you will need.
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You will need to know:
"in the center".
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Okay?
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So if I'm looking at this board,
about here is in the center.
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Okay?
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So I can say: "My finger is
in the center of the board."
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I can also say about corners.
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We have a corner, a corner, another
corner, and another corner.
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Okay?
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So those are called corners.
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If I'm looking at my piece of paper from earlier,
we have a corner here, a corner here, a corner
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here, and a corner here.
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So, what I can say is...
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If I ask you to draw something, I might tell
you to draw something in the top corner, which
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might be here.
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Maybe I'll say: "the top right corner",
"the top left corner", "the top"...
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Or: "the bottom right corner",
and "the bottom left corner".
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Okay?
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So these are the expressions we will be
using in today's listening activity.
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So, again, take a moment to really get to
know the shapes because you will be listening
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for them in a second, as
well as the preposition.
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Prepositions.
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You might want to watch this part a couple
of times until you're comfortable with these
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words, and then do our
following listening activity.
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Okay?
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Once you have become comfortable with these
words, take out your piece of paper and your
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pen or pencil, and we
will begin listening.
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Okay, so you need
a piece of paper.
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This is my piece of paper.
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Okay?
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So you will have your piece of
paper and your pencil ready to go.
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I am going to say a sentence, and
you are going to draw what I say.
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So, I will be talking about shapes and
prepositions, and you need to draw what you hear.
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Okay?
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So, for example, if I say: "There is
a circle in the center of the page.
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There is a circle in the
center of the page."
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What do you do?
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You take your pencil and you draw a
circle in the center of the page.
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Okay?
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I'll give one more example and
then we will get started.
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Now, imagine if next I say:
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"There is a square
under the circle.
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There is a square
under the circle."
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What would you do?
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Well, you take your pencil
and you would draw a square.
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And it's okay if you're
not a good artist.
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Maybe your square kind of looks, you
know, not so nice, but that's okay.
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This is a listening activity,
not an art activity.
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Okay, so let's get started.
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So I want you to continue.
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I will say some more instructions,
and you draw what you hear.
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Okay?
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So, inside the square
there is a star.
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Inside the square
there is a star.
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I'm going to keep going.
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I'm not going to draw.
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At the very end I will show you my picture,
and we will compare to see if it is the same
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or different.
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Okay?
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So keep drawing my instructions.
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So one more time: Inside the
square there is a star.
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Okay.
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The next instruction, I want
you to look at the circle.
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Above the circle
there is a triangle.
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Above the circle
there is a triangle.
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To the left of the triangle
there is a circle.
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Okay? So you should
be drawing some more.
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To the left of the triangle
there is a circle.
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All right, next instructions.
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In the top right corner of
the paper there is a square.
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In the top right corner of
the paper there is a square.
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Okay?
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I'll give you a couple
of seconds to draw that.
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So there is a square in
the top right corner.
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All right.
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Next instructions: Inside the
square there is a heart.
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Inside the square
there is a heart.
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All right.
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So not too many more
instructions to go.
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The next instructions are: In the bottom left
corner of the paper there is a triangle.
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In the bottom left corner of
the paper there is a triangle.
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Okay?
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So the next instructions: There
is a square on the triangle.
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There is a square
on the triangle.
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Okay.
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So those were the
instructions for today.
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Now I am going to show you what
your picture should look like.
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This is a great way to see how well
you understood what I was saying.
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And before I show you what it looks like,
I also wanted to tell you this is a great
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game you can play with your friends, or maybe
if you are an English teacher, you can play
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it with your class.
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It's a great way to check listening
and to practice listening.
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So now let's look at what the
picture should look like.
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Ta-da.
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So this is what your
paper should look like.
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You should have a circle in the center,
you should have a square here.
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There should be a star
inside the square.
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There should be a triangle
above the circle.
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To the left of the triangle
there should be a circle.
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In the top right corner
there should be a square,
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and inside the square
there should be a heart.
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And finally, in the
bottom left corner
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there should be a triangle
with a square on top of it.
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So your picture should look like this if
you followed the instructions correctly.
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If you made some
mistakes, that's okay.
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You can watch the video again and practice,
and try until you get the same picture.
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So, I would like you to come to our website at
www.engvid.com, and I'd like you to comment
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on how useful you
found this video.
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This is different than a lot of our videos,
so it would be really nice to hear if you
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like this listening resource.
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I'd also like to invite you to www.engvid.com,
and there you can actually try our quiz on
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the words you've learned in this video to
make sure you really understand, you know,
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the different shapes
and prepositions.
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You can also subscribe
to my channel.
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There, you can find a lot of resources on
conversation, pronunciation, grammar, listening,
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reading, and many more topics.
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So thank you very much for
watching, I appreciate it.
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And until next time, take care.

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